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a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because they're have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again and so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count but that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission whi
a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to...
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alone escalate more watching the charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control become tree not just because there have been trained sufficiently and also because they're divided tribally when you're gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal and withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have the after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission which was to destroy the taliban and to destroy al qaeda and quite frankly we haven't killed enough of the enemy and their supporters to make any difference we instead tried to build a western democracy in a country that's conservatively islamic and deeply islamic and so we failed to do that and the situation is going to remain violent and probably. de
alone escalate more watching the charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control become tree not just because there have been trained sufficiently and also because they're divided tribally when you're gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal and...
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but a serious upsurge in attacks in afghanistan is leading analysts questioning of nato has achieved anything during his time in the country. germany's finance ministers war that he will not bail out every troubled euro zone country and the stress that in the future similar handouts will be strictly restricted his statement echoed chancellor merkel's earlier statement that berlin would not engage in quote unconditional buying of bombs from stricken members who was interpreted by traders as germany would not back to your own definitely and in another development the i.m.f. warning france that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis economics author patrick young told me paris and the problem started a long time ago. the problem is look these aren't things that have just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since one thousand nine hundred seventy four i mean leaves are things that have been going on for thirty or forty years it's absolutely ludicrous untruthfully governments need to stop spending and
but a serious upsurge in attacks in afghanistan is leading analysts questioning of nato has achieved anything during his time in the country. germany's finance ministers war that he will not bail out every troubled euro zone country and the stress that in the future similar handouts will be strictly restricted his statement echoed chancellor merkel's earlier statement that berlin would not engage in quote unconditional buying of bombs from stricken members who was interpreted by traders as...
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trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victorian office as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r.t. but here's a quick preview. this september will be the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the
trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a...
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many things have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. troops out of the country all local forces there really going to be able to take over secure. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribally when we are gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdrawal in defeat really you talk about a house of cards and even though america's number one and to me if you like and some of been knaves now dead's is the next time. well i think they're going after mullah omar the head of the taliban they're going after i mean i was always here e but just saying those things makes you realize i think that we're still approaching this is a law enfor
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now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of the country almost call forces there really going to be able to take over security. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal but withdraw in def
now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of...
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ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan who would says the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times but i would say we have the assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse and it's said that our drug production cannot be full because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed. the scandal surrounding river murdoch's media empire has gone international after
ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's...
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led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan where the number of casualties continues to rise. they can't win by staying in for their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency. so you not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of cars eyes brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury bills already drain based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualt
led coalition is losing ground in afghanistan where the number of casualties continues to rise. they can't win by staying in for their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency. so you not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the...
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how are we going to get afghanistan to look like denmark? and it doesn't work very well. and part of the reason that i began to realize was that we don't understand how denmark got to be denmark. i had a visiting professorship, so i've been going. most danes have no idea how denmark got to be denmark. it struck me as a political scientist, this ought to be a book you can go to to say where did political institutions come from. i didn't see one. so i decided to write it. that's why we get the book that i've produced. so i also did not want to write a book on the origins of politics that told this traditional eurocentric or anglocentric story. not because i'm opposed to england or the west. it's a distortion. it's been one that's taught in a lot of the discourse that really beginning with carl marx that sees england as the model for modernization. england's present is everybody's future. this is what carl marx said. what you realize when you something about the history of england, it is a very peculiar country in a number of ways that i will explain. to expect other countri
how are we going to get afghanistan to look like denmark? and it doesn't work very well. and part of the reason that i began to realize was that we don't understand how denmark got to be denmark. i had a visiting professorship, so i've been going. most danes have no idea how denmark got to be denmark. it struck me as a political scientist, this ought to be a book you can go to to say where did political institutions come from. i didn't see one. so i decided to write it. that's why we get the...
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and just for a little flavor city here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann. others once again with the glasses a bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for a vote so i vote for. the first. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and then reads of los suns. so it is time for school to start extreme heat waves and somebody calls an outbreak while fascination. and whiff of a smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of pete smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that bill back up to last august is still the lead in people's memory intense speedball fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital and you authorities swore they would be prepared as you find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this smoke is from area to ever
and just for a little flavor city here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann. others once again with the glasses a bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for a vote so i vote for. the first. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and then reads of los suns. so it is time for school to start...
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in different countries and basically across the globe there are companies that are based in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals the also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from of the republics of the volatile region of russia's north caucasus from cheney and from and done there are also some well known names in this list some well known groups like the muslim brotherhood. and russia's most wanted terrorist. you know this document shows that some kind of a not work has been created that connects countries with each other and that the problem of terrorism has become an international issue now several years ago the world thought off by a chechen terrorists that are present here in this region asked of chechen rebels but now the situation has changed whether russia's most wanted mottos being present on the list of the world's most wanted terrorists and really this document shows how the syste
in different countries and basically across the globe there are companies that are based in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals the also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from of the republics of the volatile region of russia's north caucasus from cheney and from and done there are also...
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and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and there's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother outflowing with michele bachmann and that other shirts what are they what the glasses are bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for her. well as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow memories of last summer's small covered city are looming as artie's are pushed over discovered the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires. and with all the smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of beat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still vivid in people's memory intense b. book fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smoke that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you
and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and there's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother outflowing with michele bachmann and that other shirts what are they what the glasses are bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for her. well as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow memories of last summer's small...
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and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step that tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann and that other show what's going on with the glass is a bachmann and sarah palin i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for that. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow memories of last summer covered city living it's all tista i pushed i've discovered the extreme heat wave has already caused wildflowers in me. a whiff of a smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of beats smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that will become to last august is still buried in people's memory intense bebop fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital
and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step that tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann and that other show what's going on with the glass is a bachmann and sarah palin i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for that. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow memories of last summer covered city living...
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is ready to put an end to its enmity against iran america's actions in its wars against afghanistan and iraq speak for themselves innocent civilians are being killed in most countries certainly what i'm saying does not apply to the american people will respect the people of america and the american public for their enormous contribution to global industrial and technological development therefore i address my words the u.s. government and i believe that its policies are unreasonable and based on the logic of force this is absolutely unacceptable to iran. let's take a look at what's going on in syria how is this situation in syria different from that in you around. that is a fight a serious concern and we should carry out an argument and reasonable analysis of what has been happening in that country iran supports any mass revolutionary action as long as the pursued legitimate demands as was the case in tunisia egypt yemen or any other country but only on condition the such protest activities should be free of foreign interference iran does not tolerate meddling in other country's interna
is ready to put an end to its enmity against iran america's actions in its wars against afghanistan and iraq speak for themselves innocent civilians are being killed in most countries certainly what i'm saying does not apply to the american people will respect the people of america and the american public for their enormous contribution to global industrial and technological development therefore i address my words the u.s. government and i believe that its policies are unreasonable and based...
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and he says it has decreased in nigeria, india and afghanistan, and afghanistan it. they have -- [inaudible] but it increased from 60 some the 144 from 2005-2010. he didn't give reasons our hypotheses why this might be so. let it seems to indicate that there are parts of the country that just are too restless or not under the control of the vaccinations. do you have some insight on that? >> those are absolute numbers. 167, again, besides the population has to be borne in mind. of the four countries you mention, the fastest population growth has been pakistan. and so, therefore, we have more infants that require the polio vaccination. we have a national program for polio eradication. when prime minister took over in 1993, for the second term, it was one of our first priorities and we got it down instantly. right now in the last or years or so, the numbers have spiked a little bit. and they have primarily been in one area. and that has had to do with two things. one, is certain clerics making the provision that these vaccines are some kind of instruments of the devil,
and he says it has decreased in nigeria, india and afghanistan, and afghanistan it. they have -- [inaudible] but it increased from 60 some the 144 from 2005-2010. he didn't give reasons our hypotheses why this might be so. let it seems to indicate that there are parts of the country that just are too restless or not under the control of the vaccinations. do you have some insight on that? >> those are absolute numbers. 167, again, besides the population has to be borne in mind. of the four...
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covert actions or special operations missions were used of course of afghanistan with forces with the northern life alliance in two thousand and one there overthrow the taliban at the r.v. run again with a select committee of salaries in northern iraq the u.s. i'm sure of special forces on the ground working with them in the for all you to the nation of iraq in two thousand and three so this would be a scenario played through the play and i think that you know the fact that the french defense minister. are a long day and others have openly acknowledged that they didn't air dropping the weapons and so again as your commentary said earlier a very motley had a genius you know that in many ways dangerous what i said of why why is it wrong to drop weapons to civilians the french say they they want to boost the rebellion that process is bringing the conflict to to an end date have been humanitarian reasons why they've been dropping weapons to civilians so so what is the problem about that. that's a curious statement you know providing weapons to civilians i assume that weapons are used by m
covert actions or special operations missions were used of course of afghanistan with forces with the northern life alliance in two thousand and one there overthrow the taliban at the r.v. run again with a select committee of salaries in northern iraq the u.s. i'm sure of special forces on the ground working with them in the for all you to the nation of iraq in two thousand and three so this would be a scenario played through the play and i think that you know the fact that the french defense...
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and just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother saying what michele bachmann. mother she was away with the glasses of bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for her. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and also memories of last summer's smoke covered city are moving. forward instead of the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires. and with all the smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of pizza maluco wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last the east is still the lead in people's memory intense peabo fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the game small it sent to chanel is soaring ten foods and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital q three g.'s force they would be prepared. to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this smoke is familiar to e
and just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother saying what michele bachmann. mother she was away with the glasses of bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for her. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and also memories of last summer's smoke covered city are moving. forward...
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and just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step of the male model sling with michele bachmann. once again with the glasses bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud wrestling for votes so i vote for. but as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in what step there is of last summer snow covered city are moving to his death wish to discover the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires in the region. and with all the smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of late smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still believed in people's memory intense b. book fires and the record heat wave rumbling from the dense smoke that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have been treated to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital best smoke is fam
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he is army ranger sergeant first class leroy petrie, six tours in afghanistan, two in iraq, a married father of four, awarded the nation's highest military honor by saving the lives of fellow troopers by picking up a live grenade and throwing its which cost him his hand and much of his forearm. this photo received wide circulation around the country today, it's the president, shaking his new prosthetic hand yesterday at the white house. so we wanted to show you a clip from our exclusive interview with sergeant petrie to show you how matter of fact he is about the new hand, which he loves to play with and talk about and demonstrate. that's a handsome hand. >> it's wonderful. when i lost it, i thought i was going to have a hook, which i was content with. i mean i was happy the way i lost my hand, but nevertheless, nobody wants to lose a hand. >> shake my hand with that. >> oh, yes. >> tell me how it feels for you. >> for me it feels like a normal handshake. it uses the same muscles that i would to open and close. it's no change from what i did before. it took me a couple of hours to lea
he is army ranger sergeant first class leroy petrie, six tours in afghanistan, two in iraq, a married father of four, awarded the nation's highest military honor by saving the lives of fellow troopers by picking up a live grenade and throwing its which cost him his hand and much of his forearm. this photo received wide circulation around the country today, it's the president, shaking his new prosthetic hand yesterday at the white house. so we wanted to show you a clip from our exclusive...
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let's turn to the food parliament and just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother michele bachmann. what's her name with the glasses bachmann and sarah paling i get those two of them are my rustling for votes so i vote for. the five. or six. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and the result of our sun the smoke covered city only. discovered extreme heat wave that's really course an outbreak of all the fires in the region. and whiff of a smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of beat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that fill the gap the last august is still the lead in people's memory intense pinball fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital and you thought at least for now it would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far f
let's turn to the food parliament and just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mother michele bachmann. what's her name with the glasses bachmann and sarah paling i get those two of them are my rustling for votes so i vote for. the five. or six. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius and the result of our sun the smoke covered...
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and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step they're tea party female mud wrestling with michele bachmann and the other show what's her name with the glasses bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for. president medvedev has awarded the creation of a list of americans who be banned from entering russia it's in response to a u.s. decision to impact travel restrictions on russian officials with links to the death of voice that. he worked for u.k. based financial firm accused of tanks evasion in russia cannot report. according to a source in the russian foreign ministry this list will include american officials were thought told why we had the rights of russian citizens and is moscow's answer to the so-called blacklist previous be enforced by the u.s. state department that list includes dozens of russian officials including some senior police officers agents of the federal security service lawyers do
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one of the things about the war's we have got accustomed to with vietnam, iraq, afghanistan is they are fraught mostly and there are very few among fed dead and wounded who were sensa and daughters of ceos, senators, members of congress or anything like that. it was the exact opposite and avert -- first world war the death toll fell proportionally higher on the upper class. the main reason for that was it was customary four sons of the upper class and aristocracy to have military careers. one major reason for this is that armies are not only there to fight wars against other countries but to maintain order at home. the 19th century was a tumultuous time in europe so was yearly 20th century and european armies were used to break strikes with the british army put down rebellions in ireland and so therefore the officer was generally reserved for those of the upper class is meeting when the country's went to war in 1914 come in the upper class is suffer the enormous toll. for example,, for the 30 graduates of the 10 killed in a single day, the first day of the battle in 1916 come the men wh
one of the things about the war's we have got accustomed to with vietnam, iraq, afghanistan is they are fraught mostly and there are very few among fed dead and wounded who were sensa and daughters of ceos, senators, members of congress or anything like that. it was the exact opposite and avert -- first world war the death toll fell proportionally higher on the upper class. the main reason for that was it was customary four sons of the upper class and aristocracy to have military careers. one...
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why is afghanistan being so difficult? one minute for me to play professor haqqani instead of ambassador haqqani. history, when the soviets left, a lot of regional powers all ended up adopting the different factions of the armed groups in afghanistan that had and created primarily to fight the soviet union. the americans created a vacuum. some groups were adopted by a random, some groups by the russians and subsequently the central asian states, some by our neighbors in india and some by pakistan so you ended up having different groups, having links with different regional actors and regional powers. and so, any reconciliation in afghanistan has to be based on the concept that none of the regional powers will play a role in afghanistan in terms of trying to dictate the outcome of the reconciliation. what can pakistan do? pakistan is willing to facilitate in every way. we still have 2.5 million refugees, afghan refugees in pakistan. the afghans in pakistan said you know, we have the ethnic overlap, the pashtuns in afghanist
why is afghanistan being so difficult? one minute for me to play professor haqqani instead of ambassador haqqani. history, when the soviets left, a lot of regional powers all ended up adopting the different factions of the armed groups in afghanistan that had and created primarily to fight the soviet union. the americans created a vacuum. some groups were adopted by a random, some groups by the russians and subsequently the central asian states, some by our neighbors in india and some by...
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and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step the tea party female mother hassling with michele bachmann. the other sharks what's her name with the blue bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for that. president medvedev has ordered the creation of a list of americans will be banned from it and russia soon responds to u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on russian officials linked to the case. he died in jail awaiting trial for tax evasion and details on this let's cross live now to all to see you know in what way do you think the magnitsky case is start to take. well this is quite an interesting developing story especially in the context of the lesions between moscow and washington is blacklists now being forced on both sides according to russia's press secretary or the russian president and. the kremlin is puzzled by this blacklist the so-called blacklist earlier forced by the state. which
and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step the tea party female mother hassling with michele bachmann. the other sharks what's her name with the blue bachmann and sarah pelayo get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for that. president medvedev has ordered the creation of a list of americans will be banned from it and russia soon...
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. >>> three senators in afghanistan tonight john mccain and lindsey graham and joe lieberman. the senators say they're concerned the plans will undermine afghan morale and make it more difficult to beat back taliban forces. >> i know there is some concern among the afghans about the pace of the beginning of withdrawal of our surge troops. but we have tried to reassure everyone that the commitment that america has made, and the international community has made, to a free and independent afghanistan is strong and steadfast and lasting. >> senator mccain said some areas of afghanistan including kandahar, are definitely safer. >>> the news edge is everywhere at 11:00. a fire at a church sends one firefighter to the hospital and causes thousands of dollars in damage. the firefighter was hurt while batting the flames. flames were seen shooting through the roof. authorities believe it was caused by a lightning strike. >>> a fire gutted a straussberg, virginia church. happened saturday evening. parishers held services on the building's front lawn today. the outside of the building was
. >>> three senators in afghanistan tonight john mccain and lindsey graham and joe lieberman. the senators say they're concerned the plans will undermine afghan morale and make it more difficult to beat back taliban forces. >> i know there is some concern among the afghans about the pace of the beginning of withdrawal of our surge troops. but we have tried to reassure everyone that the commitment that america has made, and the international community has made, to a free and...
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and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step the tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann. the other shiksa once again with the glasses a bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for. president i believe has ordered the creation of a list of americans that ferments from lusha and some response to the u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on russian officials with links to the death of the us and magnitsky he went from u.k. based financial fabric used to tax evasion for more details on this let's cross live now to our to the spin off who's lucky to being cleated on russia's visa that still. according to a source in the russian foreign ministry this list will include american officials who are thought to all violated the rights of russian citizens and is moscow's answer to the so-called black list previously enforced by the u.s. state department that list includes dozens of russian of
and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step the tea party female mother sling with michele bachmann. the other shiksa once again with the glasses a bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for. president i believe has ordered the creation of a list of americans that ferments from lusha and some response to...
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(laughter) but we may be leaving afghanistan within the next 50 or 60 years. (laughter) and if that occurs, what is pakistan's interest in the taliban in that, you know, what is the situation that, as you see it with our maybe pulling back a little bit? >> that's a serious issue to be considered, especially to... it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie low, let time pass, and then rise again. so declaring... giving a timeline, i have always been saying that it ought to be effected, what effects do we want to create? you can't have it time related because then you'll be in the hands of the enemy, i would say. and if you leave in 2014 without stabilizing afghanistan, what will happen then? we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is... the difficulty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable since, i guess, hannibal. (laughter) so the idea that we could stay there... (laughter). they don't appear to want to be st
(laughter) but we may be leaving afghanistan within the next 50 or 60 years. (laughter) and if that occurs, what is pakistan's interest in the taliban in that, you know, what is the situation that, as you see it with our maybe pulling back a little bit? >> that's a serious issue to be considered, especially to... it will have implications on pakistan. if you quit in 2014, whatever has been declared, obviously the best strategy for the taliban or the enemy, al qaeda and taliban, is to lie...
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commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military reason drawled after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan they're real the wrong way for the united states was eight and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti saw me a jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security and wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to deal we have been blowback of its own policy back in late seventy's in pakistan and afghanistan. pilots taking to the skies in small airplanes of them being grounded by an unimaginable amount of people with very recently adopted the will has dropped some of the legal though to clear in the runway will frequent flights of many obstacles that remain before it's the golden age for us the small aviation enthusiasts it's nice but also he explains. dozens of pilots winging their way across russia for the second annual qubani air show for most small a
commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military reason drawled after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan they're real the wrong way for the united states was eight and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti saw me a jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security and wonder that the united states has committed in this region the united states is doomed to...
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is pulling about 1/3 of its troops out of afghanistan by next summer. nato wants the handover to take place quickly. although there are questions about their abilities, the afghans say they are up to the task. that international troops and the afghan government have been very active in our province. there have been a lot of reconstruction projects. foreign soldiers have been making their presence felt. people feel safe. we are ready to take control of our destiny. >> afghan military personnel hold talks with american officers. for months, they have been planning for the start of the u.s. withdrawa communication is still the biggest problem. but there is broad agreement on the plan of action. the u.s. has increased the pace of training of their afghan allies in recent months. the afghans need to be qualified before they can provide security. u.s. forces trained afghan policeman or retrain a pilot in five weeks. training provided by the germans in northern afghanistan last four month but i set demands that the basic standards should be similar. >> the sec
is pulling about 1/3 of its troops out of afghanistan by next summer. nato wants the handover to take place quickly. although there are questions about their abilities, the afghans say they are up to the task. that international troops and the afghan government have been very active in our province. there have been a lot of reconstruction projects. foreign soldiers have been making their presence felt. people feel safe. we are ready to take control of our destiny. >> afghan military...